Jacksonville was tuned in to Florida State’s BCS National Championship game victory over Auburn on Monday night.

The Seminoles’ 34-31 victory recorded a 15.7 overnight rating on the ESPN broadcast. In Jacksonville, the rating was 31.1, the second-highest in the country, according to rating numbers released Tuesday. Only Birmingham, Ala., (55.8) had higher local ratings.

The game was also the highest-rated bowl on ESPN in the Jacksonville market since records were kept, according to the network.

Overall, the game drew a slightly higher rating than last year’s Alabama-Notre Dame matchup (15.1) but was lower than Florida State’s three previous title game appearances from 1999-2001. Those games were on network television and not cable

The other top five markets for Monday’s title game were Knoxville, Tenn., (26.6), Atlanta (25.8) and Orlando (24.9).